7 JUNE 1946, Page 4

Some time ago I expressed regret that the British Universities

Press should so style itself, in view of the fact that it is a purely commercial concern (I believe a very successful one) with no connec- tion at all with any university. A little later I was able to mention with satisfaction that the company had decided to change its name.

Now I can mention with still further satisfaction that it has actually done so—to Cleaver-Hume Press, which embodies the names of two of its directors—and also, incidentally and with or without inten- tion, recalls one of the most successful business men of modern times whom I once heard (to digress quite shamelessly and inexcusably) create an undying scandal by quoting Ella Wheeler Wilcox at an Omar Khayyam Club dinner.